Many thanks. It looks a bit fearsome but works fine.
Old Tone
"Domenic" wrote:
Try...
=LOOKUP(9.99999999999999E+307,--LEFT(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1)))))
....where A1 contains your alpha-numeric string.
Hope this helps!
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"Old Tone" <Old wrote:
How do I extract decimal numbers from alphanumeric strings to perform
calculations on the number, eg 25.1 km or 100 m.